Tupaiidae

Tupaiidae[1]
	Tupaia in West Java, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Scandentia
Family:	Tupaiidae; Gray, 1825
Genera
	Anathana; Dendrogale; Tupaia; Urogale
Synonyms
	Cladobatae; Cladobatidina; Cladobatida; Cladobatina; Glisoricina; Glisoricinae; Tupaina; Tupaiadae; Tupajidae; Tupayae; Tupayidae

The Tupaiidae are one of two families of treeshrews, the other family being Ptilocercidae. The family contains four genera and 19 species.[1] The family name derives from tupai, the Malay word for treeshrew and also for squirrel which the Tupaiidae superficially resemble.

Unlike shrews, they contain a fairly large brain for their size. While some research has found tree shrews as the closest living relative to primates, most molecular studies currently find the flying lemurs (colugos) as the sister group to primates despite their gliding specializations [2].

Taxonomy

Order: Scandentia
- Family Tupaiidae
  - Genus Anathana
    - Madras treeshrew, A. ellioti
  - Genus Dendrogale
    - Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew, D. melanura
    - Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew, D. murina
  - Genus Tupaia
    - Northern treeshrew, T. belangeri
    - Golden-bellied treeshrew, T. chrysogaster
    - Striped treeshrew, T. dorsalis
    - Common treeshrew, T. glis
    - Slender treeshrew, T. gracilis
    - Horsfield's treeshrew, T. javanica
    - Long-footed treeshrew, T. longipes
    - Pygmy treeshrew, T. minor
    - Calamian treeshrew, T. moellendorffi
    - Mountain treeshrew, T. montana
    - Nicobar treeshrew, T. nicobarica
    - Palawan treeshrew, T. palawanensis
    - Painted treeshrew, T. picta
    - Ruddy treeshrew, T. splendidula
    - Large treeshrew, T. tana
  - Genus Urogale
    - Mindanao treeshrew, U. evereti

Conservation

A majority of the species,71.4%, in this family are of least concern, according to the IUCN red list. Nearly a twentieth of the species,4.8%, are vulnerable and the same number are endangered. 19% of the species have not had enough data collected yet for them to be rated on the scale.[3]

References

Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Family Tupaiidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Janecka, Jan E.; Miller, Webb; Pringle, Thomas H.; Wiens, Frank; Zitzmann, Annette; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Springer, Mark S.; Murphy, William J. (2007). "Molecular and genomic data identify the closest living relative of the primates". Science. 318 (5851): 792–794. Bibcode:2007Sci...318..792J. doi:10.1126/science.1147555. PMID 17975064.
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[msw3-1] Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Family Tupaiidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[Janeckaetal2007-2] Janecka, Jan E.; Miller, Webb; Pringle, Thomas H.; Wiens, Frank; Zitzmann, Annette; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Springer, Mark S.; Murphy, William J. (2007). "Molecular and genomic data identify the closest living relative of the primates". Science. 318 (5851): 792–794. Bibcode:2007Sci...318..792J. doi:10.1126/science.1147555. PMID 17975064.

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